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"Colin" Trailer is Fancy on a Budget

As over-saturated as we are with zombie movies at times, there are always new angles to hit on. Zombies are rich with subtext and writers and directors keep finding different facets to highlight. The British nano-budget film "Colin" looks like a great example. The film was the talk of Cannes, has gotten positive reviews in the US and UK, and talks are in progress for US and Japanese distribution. From the press release:

From new Welsh director Marc Price comes COLIN, one of the first Zombie movies told entirely from a Zombie’s perspective. Our hero Colin is bitten by a Zombie; he dies and returns from the dead. We follow him as he wanders through suburbia during the throes of a cadaverous apocalypse.

The lack of heavy zombification effects may actually help the film, and it's interesting to see a sensitive looking British lad as a zombie. Director Marc Price has said in interviews that Colin remains attached to things that were important to him in life, which makes way for a dramatic exploration of who he was. Don't worry, though - Price also talks about how important it is to get in the gore horror fans are used to.

While a movie shot on a tiny budget will always look it to some degree, the camerawork and acting in the trailer are amazingly good - especially for actors who are the director's friends and/or found on Facebook. The special effects team had just come off of "X-Men 3", so the latex in "Colin" is leftover Wolverine parts. It's good to know that at least something good came out of "X-Men 3".